Gary Merrill

Gary Merrill

Nascimento : 1915-08-02, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Morte : 1990-03-05

História

Gary Fred Merrill (August 2, 1915 – March 5, 1990) was an American film and television character actor whose credits included more than fifty feature films, a half-dozen mostly short-lived TV series, and dozens of television guest appearances. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary Merrill, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

Gary Merrill
Gary Merrill

Filmes

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Self (from All About Eve [1950]) (archive footage)
Her story is well-known - the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally seemed to find as Hollywood's greatest love goddess. But even though she scaled heights few could even dream of, she was one of the loneliest of stars. And yet, in spite of the breakdowns, the failed marriages, the sordid rumors surrounding her life -- and her death.
Os Colonizadores
Capt. Hull
This follow-up to "The Bastard" and "The Rebels" continues the account of Philip Kent's life and career from his emigration to colonial Massachusetts through the American Revolutionary War and concludes the family saga with the story of his two sons and their children as they arrive in the unexplored Northwest Territory. (Episodes 5 and 6 of the Kent Chronicles miniseries.)
The World of Darkness
Dr. Thomas Madsen
A newspaper sportswriter has a special connection to the supernatural.
Thieves
Street Man
Martin and Sally Cramer grew up on the hardscrabble Lower East Side, where Sally still teaches; meanwhile, Martin's the head of a fancy private school. Romantic dalliances with others convince them that they're meant to be together despite their differences, a decision that's cemented, oddly enough, by an over-the-top argument that draws the police.
As Aventuras de Huckleberry Finn
Pap
Versão musical do livro de Mark Twain sobre as aventuras de um menino que vive às margens do rio Mississipi.
Murder and the Computer
Gordon Craig
After coming under suspicion for a computer technician's murder, six hackers team up to try to find the real killer.
Pueblo
Adm. Thomas E. Moorer
Dramatization showing the 1968 seizure of the spy ship, Pueblo, by the North Koreans and the treatment of the Pueblo's crew during their year of captivity through flashbacks during the 1969 investigation of the affair.
Terra 2
Walter Dietrich
In the near future, a space station dubbed Earth II is built for the purpose of scientific research and world peace. However, that peace is shattered when the Chinese send up a nuclear bomb that is orbiting just a few miles away from the station. Can the crew disarm the bomb before it detonates, not only destroying the station but setting off World War III?
Amarsi male
Anna plays the personal secretary of a rich industrialist who falls in love with her boss' daughter's leftist boyfriend, Carlo. Anna pretty much severs her ties with her boss (who she also had romantic moments with) and after she moves in with the college student Carlo she attempts to provide for both, but soon fails in finding job opportunities and sinks into the sleazy world of drugs and prostitution. Carlo's right wing brother demands Carlo begins his relationship with daughter of the powerful businessman in order to guarantee financial freedom for the rest of his life.
Then Came Bronson
Inspector Otis
Jim Bronson is a young newspaperman who quits his job following the suicide of his best friend, and sets out on a cross-country trip on his motorcycle in his quest for the meaning of life in which he befriends a runway bride, another searching soul, in this pilot for the TV series of the same name, and theatrically released in some parts of the world including Spain.
Run, Psycho, Run
George Dennison
Italy, the early 19th century. A villa is the home of a small English community, all rich and superficial people lounging about in its beautiful surroundings. Claire, George's wife, and Robert, her son, are murdered by a mysterious killer. Thinking the murderer is one of the family, distraught George devises a plan to unmask the culprit. Having met a woman, Ann, who is a dead ringer for Claire, he takes her back to the villa and announces their imminent marriage. Ann is considered an outsider and treated with contempt and hostility, while George fails to find any significant clue to the solution: everybody is to be blamed, at least morally, but the final revelation is more bitter than expected...
The Power
Mark Corlane
One by one members of a special project team are being killed by telekinesis - the ability to move things with the power of the mind alone. The race is on to determine which of the remaining team members is the murderer and to stop them.
O Pistoleiro do Rio Vermelho
Squint Calloway
Dan Blane (Glenn Ford), é um antigo pistoleiro, que após ter se regenerado, virou assistente do xerife e pretende se casar com a dona do saloon. Mas um jovem pistoleiro chega à cidade para desafiá-lo.
O Barco do Amor
Sam Burton
Scott Hayward (Elvis Presley), filho de um barão do petróleo multimilionário muda de identidade e aposta o emprego com Tom Wilson (Will Hutchins), um instrutor de esqui aquático sem dinheiro, que encontrará uma garota que vai amá-lo pelo que é, e não pelo seu dinheiro. Quando Elvis se apaixona pela caçadora de ouro, desesperada em dar o famoso “Golpe do Baú” Diane Carter (Shelley Fabares), tem de competir com James J. Jamison (Bill Bixby), um playboy que pratica corrida de barcos. Musical / comédia, maravilhoso, com uma trilha sonora fantástica. Diversão de alto nível garantida. (e 10 - Estimado 10 Anos)
The Incident
Douglas McCann
Two hoodlums terrorize the passengers of a late-night New York City subway train.
Hondo, O Destemido
General Philip Sheridan
Two episodes from the TV series "Hondo" edited together and released as a feature.
The Dangerous Days Of Kiowa Jones
Marshal Duncan
A dying marshal deputizes a drifter to deliver the two killers in his custody to prison. However, the new deputy must elude a pair of bounty hunters who want to deliver the prisoners themselves to collect the reward and would think nothing of killing the deputy to get them.
A Volta ao Mundo Sob o Mar
Dr. August 'Gus' Boren
A five man submarine plants sensors around the worlds oceans to monitor for a impending earthquake.
Destination Inner Space
Dr. LaSatier
A futuristic underwater sea-lab is having problems with a UFO that's parked between them and a nearby deep ocean trench. As they investigate, they attract the unwanted attention of a dangerous creature who puts the scientists and crew in danger.
In Search of Hart Crane
Narrator (voice)
Produced and directed by Hurwitz for National Educational Television (precursor of PBS), Hurwitz uses biographer and Columbia professor, John Unterecker, to help him look for the poet, Hart Crane, in his work and in the memories of many of his contemporaries. In Search of Hart Crane, 1966, is one of the very first interview-driven documentaries and is still a masterpiece of the literary documentary film.
Ride Beyond Vengeance
Dub Stokes
Jonas Trapp falls in love with the beautiful Jessie, a wealthy girl out of his humble class. Against the wishes of her snobbish aunt, she marries him, later faking a pregnancy to win her aunt's consent. But Jonas tires of living off of his wife's family, and eventually deserts her to become a buffalo hunter. 11 years later, with his self-made fortune, he sets out to return home, only to be set upon by three sadistic marauders, who steal his money and leave him for dead. Rescued by a farmer who nurses him back to health, Jonas becomes consumed by the desire for revenge. As fate would have it, all three men live close to Jonas' former home. Matters quickly get worse when Jonas reunites with his wife, only to discover that she is now engaged to Renne.
The Searching Eye
Narrator
The simple actions of a young boy on the beach provide visual metaphors for the normally unseen world. The camera adds a profound dimension to what the boy has seen, giving us a deeper understanding of visual awareness.
Catacombs
Raymond Garth
A rich woman who uses meditation to deal with pain is visited by her niece who returns from Paris. The woman can be a handful and one of her employees suggests to her husband that he kill her freeing them both. When an affair starts between the husband and the niece murder becomes a real possibility. However some people won't stay dead.
A Girl Named Tamiko
Max Wilson
A photographer based in Tokyo, who's in love with local beauty Tamiko, begins to court an embassy official so she can help him gain entry into the United States.
A Ilha Misteriosa
Gideon Spilitt
Inspirado no popular romance de Jules Verne, o filme conta a história de um grupo de soldados da guerra civil americana que, após uma desastrosa viagem de balão, acaba indo parar numa ilha do Pacífico, onde se deparam com monstruosos animais e com o famoso capitão Nemo.
O Papai Playboy
James Dougherty
Just as San Francisco debutante, Jessica Poole, is set to get married, her absentee father arrives, disrupting the household of his ex-wife. Is he there to break up the wedding? Or to steal back his ex-wife? Or is Pogo finally ready to be a father after all these years?
O Grande Impostor
Pa Demara
Baseado na história real de Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr., um jovem brilhante que não tem paciência para a forma normal de levar a vida e percebe que as pessoas raramente questionam se seus documentos estão em ordem. Ele se torna um fuzileiro naval, um monge, um cirurgião a bordo de um navio de guerra canadense, e um guarda de prisão.
The Savage Eye
The poet
A journey through the dark side of 1950s Los Angeles. "The Savage Eye" is largely composed of documentary street footage, which, when coupled with its dramatized material, takes the form of a hybrid narrative about a divorcee who escapes to L.A. to eviscerate her past -- and all notions of love and faith -- with a boozy, cynical abandon.
Rhapsody of Steel
Narrator
Animated industrial movie about the steel industry.
Nas Margens do Rio Grande
Major Colton
Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady travels to Texas to broker an arms deal for his Mexican boss, strongman Governor Cipriano Castro. Brady breaks a leg and while recuperating in Texas the gun shipment is stolen. Complicating matters further the wife of local army major Colton has designs on him, and the local Texas Ranger captain makes him a generous offer to come back to the states and join his outfit. After killing a man in self defense, Brady slips back over the border and confronts Castro who is not only unhappy that Brady has lost his gun shipment but is about to join forces with Colton to battle the local raiding Apache Indians.
Crash Landing
Captain Steve Williams
Airplane passengers prepare for a crash landing in the ocean.
The Missouri Traveler
Doyle Magee
Byron Turner, a 15-year-old runaway from the Eatondale Orphan Asylum, receives a ride into the rural Missouri town of Delphi with rich land-owner Tobias Brown.
Bermuda Affair
Bob Scoffield
Chuck Walters and Bob Scoffield are old war buddies who run a cargo airplane service in Bermuda. Walters is happily married to Chris while Scoffield chases after every woman who looks his way. Though Walters doesn't suspect anything, Chris isn't nearly as happy as he is and has started a romance with Scoffield on the side. When Walters finally finds out about the affair, he's devastated by the betrayal and runs out into the jungle.
Navy Wife
Jack Blain
Japanese women, seeng how well American soldiers stationed in their country treat their wives, demand the same from their husbands.
The Human Jungle
John Danforth
Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, graft and also a recent unsolved murder of a strip-tease dancer. Recognizing the laxity of the department he implements many changes and soon finds himself under fire by the newspapers, the attorney of a racket leader and the denizens of this human jungle.
Rebelião em Dakota
Brock Marsh (alias Zachary Paige)
Durante a Guerra Civil, o presidente Abraham Lincoln envia um emissário com um tratado de paz com os índios Sioux.
Testemunha do Crime
Police Lt. Lawrence Mathews
A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.
A Blueprint for Murder
Fred Sargent
Whitney Cameron is in a quandary: he's attracted to his beautiful sister-in-law, Lynn, but also harbors serious suspicions about her. Her husband, Cameron's brother, died under mysterious circumstances, and now that the death of her stepchild, Polly, has been attributed to poisoning, he suspects that Lynn is after his late brother's estate, and killing everyone in her way.
Night Without Sleep
Richard Morton
Upon awaking in the morning, a man finds his thoughts clouded by the possibility that he committed a murder.
The Girl in White
Dr. Seth Pawling
The first female doctor in New York City comes up against prejudice from male counterparts who feel threatened by her skills. Eventually, though, they come to respect her and romance blossoms between her and the head doctor.
Telefonema de um Estranho
David Trask
Four strangers board a plane and become fast friends, but a catastrophic crash leaves only one survivor. He then sets off on a journey to discover who these people were, but ultimately discovers the devastating truth about himself.
Decisão Antes do Amanhecer
Col. Devlin
À medida que o exército dos EUA se aproxima da Alemanha nazista, prisioneiros alemães são recrutados para espionar atrás das linhas alemãs. A Segunda Guerra Mundial está entrando em sua última fase: a Alemanha está em ruínas, mas não cede. O exército dos EUA não tem conhecimento crucial sobre as unidades alemãs que operam no lado oposto do Reno e decide enviar dois prisioneiros alemães para coletar informações. O esquema é arriscado: a Gestapo mantém uma rede terrivelmente eficiente para identificar e capturar espiões e desertores. Além disso, não está claro se o "Tiger", que topa qualquer trabalho sujo desde que o preço seja bom, e o "Happy" cansado de guerra, que pode ser facilmente traído por seus sentimentos, são agentes confiáveis. Depois que Tiger e outro agente americano são infiltrados com sucesso, Happy é lançado de para-quedas na Baviera. Seu dever: descobrir o paradeiro de uma poderosa unidade blindada alemã que se move em direção à frente ocidental.
Mulher Maldita
George Bates
Uma escritora de mistério se envolve numa emaranhada teia de engano e assassinato, não muito diferente das tramas de seus romances. A escritora de mistério Janet Frobisher vive sozinha numa isolada e obscura casa de campo, isso quando não está paquerando o noivo de sua secretária. Em um momento extremamente embaraçoso, ela recebe um visitante indesejável: George Bates, que afirma ser o parceiro no crime do marido de Janet. George se insinua na casa e na vida de Janet, apesar dos esforços dela para se livrar dele; os relacionamentos emaranhados se transformam em um macabro e assassino jogo de gato e rato.
Homens-Rãs
Lt. Cmdr. Pete Vincent
The new commander of a Navy Underwater Demolition Team--nicknamed "Frogmen"--must earn the respect of the men in his unit, who are still grieving over the death of their former commander and resentful of the new one.
Eva
Bill Sampson
Margo Channing é uma reconhecida atriz da Broadway que está envelhecendo e Eve Harrington é uma jovem fã que consegue se infiltrar na vida de Channing e que acaba ameaçando sua carreira e relacionamentos pessoais. Filme baseado na obra The Wisdom of Eve, de Mary Orr.
Passos na Noite
Tommy Scalise
O Sargento Detetive Mark Dixon quer ser algo que seu velho pai não era: um cara do lado certo da lei. Será que a natureza cruel de Dixon vai extrair dele a melhor?
Mother Didn't Tell Me
Dr. Peter Roberts
Jane Morgan (Dorothy McGuire) marries handsome doctor William Wright (William Lundigan), despite warnings from a host of other doctor's wives that she will be neglected and lonely, thanks to his career. Based on the novel The Doctor Has Three Faces by Mary Bard and billed as a movie with "all the answers" for new wives, this dated little film follows Jane's struggles to adapt her life to better suit her husband's needs.
Almas Em Chamas
Colonel Keith Davenport
Um General assume o comando de uma unidade de bombardeiros sofrendo de moral baixa e dá duro para deixa-los em forma para a luta. Nesta história dos primeiros dias dos bombardeios a luz do dia sobre a Alemanha nazista, o General Frank Savage deve assumir o comando de um grupo de bombardeiros "azarado". Grande parte da história trata de sua luta para transformar seu grupo em uma unidade de combate disciplinada, apesar de pesadas perdas e ataques fulminantes dos caças alemães quando estão sobre seus alvos. Filmagens de combate real são usadas neste drama de guerra tensa.
Furacão da Vida
Cmdr E.T. Kramer
A pilot wants a life of ease, flying for drug smugglers and looking the other way until his conscience is tweaked by a woman he has misused. The story unfolds in flashbacks as the pilot battles the storm and recalls his failures, including a love affair with the wife of his best friend.
Strange Victory
Narrator
Strange Victory" is about racial bias in post World War II America. Following "Native Land" in Leo Hurwitz' filmography, it uses some of the same techniques: dramatized scenes interspersed with scenes of compilation news reel footage, and scenes of evocative imagery.
Winged Victory
Captain McIntyre
Pinky Scariano, Allan Ross, and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pilots. In training, they meet and become pals with Bobby Grills and Irving Miller, and the five struggle through the rigid training and grueling tests involved in becoming pilots. Not all of them succeed, and tragedy awaits for some.
Forja de Heróis
Backstage MP on Right (uncredited)
In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his son Johnny Jones, who was before his fathers assistant, gets the order to stage a knew all-soldier show, called THIS IS THE ARMY. But in his pesonal life he has problems, because he refuses to marry his fiancée until the war is over.